Several questions about spiders

[Godzirra]

1st. What are some recommended spiders for true spider beginners. I like jumping spiders, but also am very interested in black widows - though hesitant because of lack of proper understanding. Is there something similar to a black widow, that is common for true spider keepers.
Please share info, about good beginner 'true spiders'

2nd, okay so above i mentioned I'm a true spider beginner, but i semi lied lol, i have collected several house spiders the past months to keep in a jar for several day and to observe, but usually letting them go. The other day i collected several different house spiders and put them in a very tall jar with a very thin branch.
Has anyone kept spider communals?

These two are very different in sizes, have crossed paths quite a bit, especially when i threw 2 pin head crickets in there. They were webbing it up, in and around each others territories.

[Irks]

False widows (Steatoda) live many places that black widows do, they are a good starter species being much less medically significant than black widows with similar behavior.
If you have spiders of different sizes in a communal setup, unless they are specifically communal, which very few are, the larger one will eat the smaller one, sooner or later.

[Widowman10]

1st. What are some recommended spiders for true spider beginners. I like jumping spiders, but also am very interested in black widows - though hesitant because of lack of proper understanding.

hmmm, steatoda work great! although i must say, i started (yes, very first) on black widows at a young age. just gotta respect em a little, that's all. jumping spiders are sweet, but different in regards to setup than a black widow. true spiders are generally pretty easy and very fun to keep. i like them a little more than Ts, and that's hard to do ;)

Is there something similar to a black widow, that is common for true spider keepers.
Please share info, about good beginner 'true spiders'

steatoda. similar in care to widows. also same family (cobweb spiders).

2nd, okay so above i mentioned I'm a true spider beginner, but i semi lied lol, i have collected several house spiders the past months to keep in a jar for several day and to observe, but usually letting them go. The other day i collected several different house spiders and put them in a very tall jar with a very thin branch.
Has anyone kept spider communals?

These two are very different in sizes, have crossed paths quite a bit, especially when i threw 2 pin head crickets in there. They were webbing it up, in and around each others territories.


not very many true spiders are communal. if you are looking for a sweet communal species, very similar to widows, get yourself a bunch of steatoda borealis. i find them crammed and jammed into the smallest spaces, and there will be like 20 of them in there :eek:

any other questions?? ;)

[Godzirra]

thank you guys, if i were to purchase these species and other true spiders, who would i order them from?

[Widowman10]

thank you guys, if i were to purchase these species and other true spiders, who would i order them from?

you could put a WTB ad in the for sale section, many people have lots to offer...